This dissertation examines Peter Singer's proposed ethical value of the "person" in Rethinking Life and Death . Chapter 1 introduces and outlines Singer's proposal, which argues for abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide. His proposal consists of four key points. First, there is the foundation for his proposal--rejecting creation for evolution. Second, there is the substance of his proposal--replacing the value of the "human" with the value of the "person." Third, there is the criteria for his proposal--using "indicators" and "relevant characteristics" to identify the kinds of beings who qualify as "persons." Fourth, there are the consequences of his proposal--promising an ethical "Copernican Revolution." Chapters 2-5 critically evaluate the four key ideas from Singer above. The evaluation of the respective key idea in each chapter covers five steps: (1) the context of Singer's proposal; (2) the content of Singer's proposal; (3) positive evaluation; (4) negative critique; and (5) conclusion. The research methodology for the dissertation is to treat Singer's ethical proposal on the "person" as a hypothesis to be tested by his own truth standards of logical consistency, empirical evidence, and practicality. Following these four key chapters, Chapter 6 provides "Summary and Conclusions." The conclusion of this dissertation is that Peter Singer's proposal on life and death is not to be commended because its key elements are not supported by his own standards for testing truth. In fact, when examined by his own truth tests, Singer's program should be rejected because its foundation is faulty, its substance is illusory, its criteria are circular, and its consequences would be grave. / This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from <a href="http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb">http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb</a> or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.

The aim of the thesis was to clarify the role of literary tourism in Czechia and to evaluate its potential and possible uses. After that, a comparison based on foreign literature and sources was made between Czechia and other countries. The places selected in this thesis have a link to the life or work of a prominent Czech writer and seek to develop literary tourism, promote literature, attract visitors, etc. These are places where the writer's birthplace is open to the public and where museums with an exhibition focusing on that writer and the writer's works have been created and where literary festivals or other thematic events are organized etc. These places were approached with the offer of being involved in the making of a game called "Build your world" and a newly created smaller competition "In the footsteps of our writers". Collector magnets have been created for those who have agreed to be involved in these games. These magnets serve as a means to support the development of literary tourism in the Czech Republic and involve local actors in a nationwide event, which will raise awareness both of important writers and of the places associated with them. Very often the places involved are less visited ones. Key words: tourism, literary tourism, potential, Build your world, In the footsteps of...

Realizamos neste trabalho uma análise das aparições de Nossa Senhora no Brasil, buscando compreender o processo social e simbólico que sustenta a formação de convicções coletivas em torno das aparições que sempre tem seu início em testemunhos pessoais sobre visões de Nossa Senhora. Para isso partimos do estudo de caso realizado nas aparições de Maria na cidade de Jacareí, interior de São Paulo. Demonstramos o processo de construção destas manifestações, em que fatores de diferente ordem se mostraram fundamentais. Entre eles destacamos: as relações e conexões estabelecidas entre os atores e grupos envolvidos inserindo a aparição numa rede de manifestações marianas -; a peregrinação entre elas; a centralidade do movimento católica Renovação Carismática na organização dos eventos, disseminação de idéias e práticas e na modelagem simbólica dos fenômenos -; o papel desempenhado pela Igreja Católica na produção de idéias e crenças que servem como fonte de legitimidade para as aparições -; a modelagem simbólica das aparições fundamental para a atribuição de legitimidade ao fenômeno -, e a presença de elementos simbólicos de longa duração. Cada um desses temas foi desenvolvido ao longo dos quatro capítulos que compõem essa tese. / The thesis analyses Our Ladys appearances in Brazil, trying to understand the social and symbolic process supporting the creation of collective beliefs about these appearances, a process that always start with personal witness about the appearances of Our Lady. In order to analyze that, we realize a case study in the city of Jacareí, São Paulo state. The thesis reveals the process in which these appearances occur, where different factors are fundamental. Among them we shall focus: 1) the relations and connections involving individuals and groups, inserting the apparitions in a net of Mary´s demonstrations, like pilgrimages; 2) the Catholic Church role in the production of ideas and beliefs which give legitimacy to the appearances; 3) the symbolic molding of theses appearances, which are fundamental to that legitimacy; 4) the presence of long terms symbolic elements. Each one of these topics was developed in a separate chapter.

Este estudo partiu da premissa que toda prática social é uma prática simbólica, portanto, educativa. Teve como foco de análise o Reinado de Nossa Senhora do Rosário (também conhecido como Congado), manifestação católica, típica dos negros, popular e importante em nosso Estado, tanto no interior quanto na capital, que aqui privilegia alguns grupos da cidade de Belo Horizonte. Esta manifestação se funda em uma narrativa mítica em torno da Santa de mesmo nome e constitui o imaginário de seus devotos. Dito de outro modo, por meio da narrativa, os devotos de Nossa Senhora do Rosário (os Filhos do rosário) definem não só a sua crença como todo seu modus vivendi. Estamos diante de uma prática social educativa (abusando da redundância). O estudo teve como perguntas mobilizadoras: que imagens estão presentes no mito de Nossa Senhora do Rosário? Como essas imagens constituem o modus vivendi de todos aqueles que seguem o rosário de Maria? Que significantes elas concretizam no imaginário de seus devotos? Como se dão os processos educativos na construção desse imaginário? Seu principal objetivo foi analisar as imagens míticas do Reinado, investigando as modulações entre o imaginário, o mito, a festa e as práticas educativas que lhes são intrínsecas. Para isso, elegeu como base epistemológica o paradigma da complexidade, e dentro dele, as teorias da antropologia do imaginário, da psicologia profunda e da festa. Os principais autores que alicerçaram este estudo foram Edgar Morin, Joseph Campbell, Gaston Bachelard, Gilbert Durand, Jean Duvignaud, Erich Neumann e Edward Whitmont. Este referencial teórico permitiu analisar o arquétipo da Grande-Mãe e seu desdobramento na vida dos congadeiros. Assim, os objetivos propostos para o estudo foram alcançados. Espera-se que os resultados encontrados possam contribuir para com os conhecimentos sobre as comunidades afrodescendentes, ampliando a nossa compreensão da sociedade, de educação e de nós mesmos. / This study has assumed that all social practice is symbolic, therefore, an educational practice. Its focus of analysis is Nossa Senhora do Rosário\'s reign (Our Lady Rosario\'s reign) - also known as \"Congado\" (folk and religious dance), in Belo Horizonte/MG - that is a demonstration that privilege some groups of people in this city. This demonstration is typical of Afro-Brazilian people and it is very popular and important in the State of Minas Gerais, not only in the capital as well in other cities of the State. Its origin is based on the mythical narrative concerning the Saint Rosario and represents the conception of the Saint\'s devout. It means that Nossa Senhora do Rosário\'s devout (the sons of rosary) define not only their beliefs as well their modus vivendi through that narrative. This study calls in questions some considerations such as: Which images are present in the myth of Nossa Senhora do Rosário? How do these images consist the modus vivendi for all those people who follow Maria\'s rosary? How do these images become real or concrete in the devout\'s minds? How do the educational processes happen in the construction of this conception? Then, this study mainly aims to analyze the mythical images of that reign, investigating the modulations occurred in the conception, the myth and the celebration related to their educational processes. For that, the paradigm of complexity was chosen as an epistemological basis and inside it, the theories involving imaginary anthropology, profound psychology and the celebration. Besides, this study was based on preliminary studies of several authors, such as: Edgar Morin, Joseph Campbell, Gaston Bachelard, Gilbert Durand, Jean Duvignaud, Eerich Neumann and Edward Whitmong. These theoretical references allowed to analyze the archetype of Grande-Mãe (Our Great Lady) and its influence in the \"congadeiros\" (conga dancers)\' life. Then, the proposed objectives for this study were successful. The found results are expected to contribute to the knowledge about afro-descendant communities, enlarging our comprehension about society and education and even about ourselves.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leandro Faria de Souza.pdf: 849811 bytes, checksum: 76cf4d3bff0bcba6b5e983489c483a9c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-13 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper aims to discuss the way in which the representation of indigenous Juan Diego is being drafted by the works of Miguel Sánchez, Luis Lasso de la Vega and Luis Becerra Tanco, published in 1648, 1649 and 1666, respectively, to determine this character as a typical white sanctity of the seventeenth century in order to maintain the tradition of Our Lady of Guadalupe as an example of syncretism and religious identity Mexican style / O presente trabalho tem por objetivo discutir a forma pela qual a representação do indígena Juan Diego vai sendo elaborada pelas obras de Miguel Sánchez, Luis Lasso de la Vega e Luis Becerra Tanco, publicadas nos anos de 1648, 1649 e 1666, respectivamente, para determinar este personagem como modelo de santidade branca típica do século XVII para a manutenção da tradição de Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe como exemplo de sincretismo e de identidade religiosidade mexicana

Scholars interested in the popular Victorian periodical Temple Bar have primarily focused on the editorship of George Augustus Sala, under whom the journal paradoxically began delivering controversial content to conservative middle-class readers. But while the Temple Bar's sensation fiction and social realism have already been considered, critics have not yet examined Temple Bar's New Woman fiction, which was published during the last decade of the 19th century and George Bentley's reign as editor-in-chief. While functioning as editor-in-chief, Bentley sought to adhere to the dictates found in the 1860 prospectus, to "inculcate thoroughly English sentiment: respect for authority, attachment to the Church, and loyalty to the Queen." The Temple Bar seems an odd publication venue for the audacious New Woman writer Sarah Grand. And yet, Grand published several short stories in Temple Bar under the editorship of Bentley. Knowing Bentley's infamous editorial hatchet work, we might assume that he would cut from Grand's writing any unsavory bits of traditional New Woman content. Instead, a comparison of Grand's Temple Bar stories, "Kane, A Soldier Servant" and "Janey, A Humble Administrator," with their later unedited, republished versions (found in Grand's Our Manifold Nature) suggests that Bentley had a different editorial agenda. This analysis of Grand's fiction demonstrates that it was not New Woman subjects that Bentley found objectionable but the culpability her texts placed on the upper-middle class for their failure to act on behalf of the lower classes. Examining Bentley's removal of this material thus sheds new light on the dangers of New Woman literature as perceived by its Victorian audiences.

Ce travail est une contribution à la mise au point d'un outil de caractérisation de la biodégradabilité de la matière organique dissoute des eaux. La méthodologie développée vise à être applicable sur tout le continuum aquatique, formé par le réseau d'assainissement, la station d'épuration et le milieu naturel récepteur, dans le but de répondre aux besoins de gestion intégrée de la pollution domestique urbaine. La méthodologie développée résulte du couplage de deux méthodes de caractérisation de la biodégradabilité de la matière organique: la méthode respiromètrique développée par Xu et Hasselblad (1996) qui permet de quantifier la fraction de matière organique rapidement biodégradable et la méthode en batch de Tusseau et al. (2003) qui permet de quantifier les fractions réfractaire et biodégradable. L'interprétation des données expérimentales se fait via l'utilisation d'un modèle mathématique (modèle ASM3 développé par un groupe de travail de l'International Water Assosiation - IWA). Une méthode d'assimilation de données, basée sur la théorie du contrôle optimal, nous a permis de combiner de façon optimale modèle et résultats des deux méthodes afin d'aboutir à un fractionnement de la matière organique en classes de biodégradabilité. Les résultats obtenus lors de la biodégradation d'un substrat rapidement biodégradable (l'acétate), noté SS dans le modèle, ont permis de valider le bon fonctionnement du modèle ASM3 et de développer un modèle dérivé (modèle ASM3z). Par la suite, ce modèle a encore été modifié pour permettre la bonne simulation et l'interprétation des résultats expérimentaux obtenus sur des eaux usées domestiques prélevées en entrée et sortie d'une station d'épuration. Cette modification a consisté à ajouter un compartiment de matière organique dissoute (noté S2) plus lentement biodégradable que SS et ce nouveau modèle est noté ASM3z_S2. Les résultats obtenus sont satisfaisants et montrent qu'il est possible de quantifier S2 et SS, dans des eaux usées domestiques en utilisant des expériences réalisées avec une large gamme de rapports substrat/biomasse bactérienne (S0/X0). Enfin ce modèle a été appliqué, lors d'une même optimisation, sur des eaux usées brutes, des eaux traitées et des eaux de rivière. Ce travail a mis en évidence l'importance de parvenir à une excellente homogénéisation de la biomasse utilisée lors des tests respirométriques.

In Pure Lust, Mary Daly claims that the Virgin Mary is an “image of total subservience, the dethroned and sapped Goddess who was converted into a vessel.” Daly perceives Mary primarily through Christian scripture and other orthodox texts, ignoring her role as part of a religion lived and experienced outside of Church doctrine and dogma. This thesis explores how Mary is perceived and utilized by the laity, as opposed to the theological Mary, by specifically looking at how the Virgin Mary is imagined and experienced at the Our Lady of Ephesus Shrine in Western Turkey. Utilizing Robert Orsi’s lived religion approach and ethnographic research, this examination of the Virgin Mary will test Daly’s theologically based theory.